Editing Folger Shakespeare Library (section)

==Performances and events==
The Folger Shakespeare Library's cultural and arts programs include Folger Theatre, Folger Consort, the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series and the [[PEN/Faulkner Foundation]], as well as additional talks, screenings, lectures and exhibitions.

===Folger Theatre===
[[File:Folger Library Theater.jpg|thumb|The library's historic theatre in 1932]]
Folger Theatre performs a season of Shakespeare-inspired theater, featuring the works of Shakespeare as well as contemporary plays inspired by his works. Since its inception in 1992, Folger Theatre has staged over half of the plays in Shakespeare's [[First Folio]].<ref>[http://www.folger.edu/about-folger-theatre Folger Theatre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625043705/http://www.folger.edu/about-folger-theatre |date=2015-06-25 }}</ref> Productions have received 135 nominations for a [[Helen Hayes Award]] and won 23, including Outstanding Resident Play for its renditions of ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (2007), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (2013).<ref>[http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Helen_Hayes_Awards "Helen Hayes Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703135222/http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Helen_Hayes_Awards |date=2015-07-03 }} list on Folgerpedia</ref> From 1982 to 2021, the Folger Theatre's Artistic Producer was Janet Alexander Griffin.<ref>[http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2012/01/a-quick-5-with-janet-alexander-griffin/ "A quick 5 with Janet Alexander Griffin"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208120717/http://mdtheatreguide.com/2012/01/a-quick-5-with-janet-alexander-griffin/ |date=2015-12-08 }}</ref> In 2021, Karen Ann Daniels was named director of programming and artistic director.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen Ann Daniels Named Folger Theatre Artistic Director |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/08/30/karen-ann-daniels-named-folger-theatre-artistic-director/ |website=American Theatre |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> Performances occur in the theater at the east end of the building.

===Folger Consort===
Folger Consort is the library's resident [[early music]] ensemble, founded in 1977 by its artistic directors Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall.<ref name=Grant2014-195/> The Consort performs [[medieval music]], [[Renaissance music]], and [[baroque music]] in its concert series. The Consort performs regularly at the Elizabethan Theatre, at the [[Washington National Cathedral]] and at the Music Center at [[Strathmore (Maryland)|Strathmore]]. The Consort also holds seminars, discussions, and radio broadcasts. Since 2006, Folger Consort has won Best Classical Chamber Ensemble five times at the Washington Area Music Awards.<ref>The full list of [http://www.wamadc.com/wama/the_wammies.html Wammie Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705161450/http://wamadc.com/wama/the_wammies.html |date=2007-07-05 }}</ref>

===O.B. Hardison Poetry Series===
Since 1970, the Folger has hosted contemporary poets for readings, moderated conversation, and Q&As in what is now called the O.B. Hardison Poetry series, after former director of the Folger, O.B. Hardison Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|title = O.B. Hardison Poetry|url = http://www.folger.edu/poetry|website = Folger Shakespeare Library|access-date = 2016-01-12|date = 10 December 2014|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160108202639/http://www.folger.edu/poetry|archive-date = 2016-01-08}}</ref> Past poets involved in the series include [[Octavio Paz]], [[Gwendolyn Brooks]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[W. S. Merwin]], [[Adrienne Rich]], [[Yusef Komunyakaa]], [[James Merrill]], [[Frank Bidart]], [[Robert Pinsky]], [[Derek Walcott]], [[Hayden Carruth]], [[Rita Dove]], [[Seamus Heaney]], [[Sterling Allen Brown|Sterling Brown]], [[Denise Levertov]], [[June Jordan]], [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Sonia Sanchez]], and [[James Dickey]]. Between 1991 and 2009, the series also awarded the [[O. B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize]], which was awarded by the library to a U.S. poet who has published at least one book within the last five years, has made important contributions as a teacher, and is committed to furthering the understanding of poetry.

===PEN/Faulkner===
In conjunction with the [[PEN/Faulkner Foundation]], the Folger hosts the PEN/Faulkner Reading Series, which brings contemporary authors to the Folger for public readings of fiction.<ref>[http://www.penfaulkner.org/reading-series/ penfaulkner.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618204815/http://www.penfaulkner.org/reading-series/ |date=2017-06-18 }}</ref> The Folger also hosts the annual [[PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction]] readings, which celebrate the year's finalists and winners.